Object loans

London Museum has a long history of lending objects to cultural institutions in London, the UK and across the globe with the intent to inspire a passion for London.

As we prepare to move to a new home in Smithfield in the coming years, the museum has a moratorium on lending from the collection.

While our permanent galleries in the Victorian General Market will open in 2026, the museum’s collections stores, housed in the 1960s Poultry Market, will not open until 2028. 

To allow us to focus on the important preparation work needed to relocate the collection to our new galleries and stores, the museum’s loans programme will remain closed until at least 2028.

Depending on the progress of the move and the accessibility of collections, different areas of the collection may become available for loan at different times. Further details will be posted here in due course.

If you’d like to look at licensing images from the collection as an alternative, please contact our Picture Library.

Our policy, costs and contacts remain below for use by venues with whom we've already agreed loans.

Feel free to contact the registrars at London Museum to discuss any potential loan at [email protected]